Nephrectomy Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of nephrectomy in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for nephrectomy in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If your operation is planned, done by keyhole or a standard method, and you go home after a short stay, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if you need open or robotic surgery, your condition is more complex, you stay longer or you choose a private room.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for nephrectomy, check whether each quote includes:

• Surgeon and anaesthetist fees
• Operating theatre or procedure room
• Stents or catheters
• Hospital stay and room category
• Medicines and consumables
• Follow-up visits before you fly home

A nephrectomy takes away all or part of a kidney, most commonly for kidney cancer, a badly damaged kidney or living kidney donation.

Cancer Research UK says that a partial nephrectomy, which takes away only the part of the kidney containing the tumour, is commonly used for small tumours of 7 cm or less, whereas a radical nephrectomy takes away the whole kidney.

Cancer Research UK points out that nephrectomy can be open, keyhole through about three to five small cuts, or robot-assisted in specialist centres, and that keyhole surgery normally means going home sooner but may have to be converted to open surgery.

Recovery depends on the approach and how much kidney is taken out, and the majority of people lead a normal life with one healthy kidney.

Risks include bleeding, infection, blood clots, injury to nearby organs and reduced kidney function, so regular checks are advised.

Flying home: UK Civil Aviation Authority medical guidance recommends no flights for 10 days following open abdominal surgery, which usually means about a fortnight in Gurgaon.

A Gurgaon quote for nephrectomy is normally made up of these items:

• Pre-operative tests: blood work, imaging and an anaesthetic assessment.
• Theatre and anaesthesia charges: mostly set by time in the operating room.
• Consultant fees: which differ from one hospital to the next.
• Type of operation: open, keyhole or robotic where there is a choice.
• Extent: partial or radical.
• Approach: open, keyhole or robotic.
• Reason: cancer, damage or donation.
• Stay: commonly a few days.

Cancer surgery costs depend on the stage, the approach (open, keyhole or robotic) and any further treatment, so complex cases in Gurgaon can cost more than the range above.

Urology departments in Gurgaon's larger hospitals routinely provide endoscopic stone treatment and keyhole operations, and some offer robotic surgery.

NABH, the hospital accreditation board of the Quality Council of India whose standards carry ISQua accreditation, sets the national benchmark for hospitals, and its online directory shows whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is still current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Where a Gurgaon hospital has an international patient desk, ask whether it can issue the letter for your e-Medical visa and help with airport pickup, interpreters and a place to stay nearby.